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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-28
NEWS FROM THE SUBURBS.
NRW.JERSEY.

Tho Chancellor, It is expected, will to-day decide
ub.tbcr he Will approve the sale at Railway OF the
Rank Building to Mayor DAILY, who bought 1t for the
city at tho public salo Of the assests OF tho Kah"ay
Sayings Institution on December o. Tho building
was knoc ked down to the Mayor for 300, subject
1, the approval OF tho Chancellor but before tho com
mlttee appointed to sell tho property had made its
report a private bid OF $12,7j0 was made which the
Mayor raised $40, 800. There IS some doubt IA to
whether may be other bids against tho city
and great interest in tho decision.
The managers of tho defunct Elizabeth Dino saw
,nrs Bank are threDtencd with trouble In settling tho
accounts OF the Elizabetlport Lodge OF Odd Fellows
II refuses to accept tho final dividend OF l92 per cent
which tho managers offered condition OF signing
an agreement that no steps would be taken to secure
tho balance OF 400 per cent s due. IL Ia stated
that the lodge has tho support OF tho Chanceiors
opnion and Will push It's claims fr full settlement
alnst tho directors and managers OF tho institution
Tho Presbyterian Church I'm Dunellen has debt OF
81 500 on its property which the congregation ex-
meets IN clear of By 10 be held this evening
in the church under tho direction OF Thomas Brown,
OF Pain1eld. The mort gagee offered some timr ago
IN throw of $500 n tho church would raise S4ooo'
Tho members have secured $4,000 toward tho fund.-
needing only 500 to make the amount complete
James H. Grlfiths, OF Now Brunswick, died yestcr-
day from the effects OF fall. IIe was an old circus
c,own and was n character about town. His parents
were wealthy and his brother, a rich man, has long
and nnsuccessully tried to induce James to live with
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SUSPENDED and THEN REINSTATED.

COLLECTOR MAGOVE FOHCrD TO TAKE BACK RE-
PUB'ICtN UNJUsTIY REMOVED.
II a stranger had gone into tho Custom House ro
unda about r. m Yesterday and heard the shJns the
hand clippings and the ch"crings, and tho side com
ments he would have concluded that Collector Magone
was a highly unpopular official The hubbub was
due TO the rcns atement Of Deputy Collector Larncd
who bad. early In the day, been susp nded Mr.
Earned is one Of the Republican deputy collectors
left and he is not only popular, but efficient careful
and expeditions 1t was asserted that the principal
reason for the Collectors action political The
duties Of the deputy collectors In Larncds division arc
80 check the entries permits and invoices and to Oidcr
into public stores for examination tho required number
Of packages. The invoices put into a basket at
the right hand Of the deputy and then taken by one or
the other of three men, designated for the purpose 10
the Invoice Bureau.
YESTERDAY IL discovered that an Invoice passed
uIOn eleven days before BY Deputy collector Iarcd
had not reached the Invoice Bureau and the Collector
concluded that IL had disappear BY col usiln ana
" Iarned was sUsp ndcd During the day
The business of tho biOlcs be ame chokcd and thei
protests were strong 'nat the Collector rciustatcd
Mr. Iarncd When he appeared at hrs desk at . m
the shouts, clces and a. piauSc ~ tfc trohcs 'her
clerks and ship agents we're dPaf"nlng Willie the com
mcnts upon tho Collector were any thing but coHlpn
mcntary.
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UUyTTyO FOR NAVY Yard WICRFDNHS0'

Tho Court o. inquiry at the Navy YARD met aga 's
,e,aay Paymastet Charles w. Ssmm WAS III" nrs' WIZ
ness called. Ho stated that he was member Vi INV
board appointed examine materials for condehn@'o"
Ue WAS questioned by peymaster Hafns' vi tho oo"''
WIN was also member OF the same board, ana MS c'i
dence showed that great difficulty was experienced III oo
ning information from clerks and others in inc Navy
Yard bureaus regarding the quantity cohdtoh HI" p"o
az unseryiceabe sock hand lilo said that lhs poa'u
found the books Equipment department amost III
comprehensive. 49,.
I'm tho course VI tho investigation II has come OUT TINT
nearly all the the heads OF bureaus were absent
from tho sales and Judge Advocate Lemy produced CIR
cuIr Yesterday which dsed at tho Navy department.
August last, giving Instructions for the conduct OF e
sales This circular handed 70 several OF these
officers Yesterday by Mr. Lemly who put Tho oiio"hg
question 70 each Of Have you ever seen ms cir
cular or CODY Of IT, had Its contents made known I"
your
None of them anything about the circular
Would you have considered II your duty 10 DO present
At the you had been acquainted with The contents
Of tho eircularr ,, 4, a.. .o,...
Tho question now Is. how ala IL happen that so impor-
document seen or heard OF by The perhs
for whom II sentf .
Civil Engineer Asserson said that he know OF no ir
Irregularities the carrying on Of some nitoen o.
returned.
The lunk-deaier, Philip Lswinski who expected 70
disclose somshins startling, proved 70 b psonouaeso
know nothing
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FOUND DEAD ~ 4 HALLWAY.

AN UNKNOWN WOMAN Win a BROKEN SKULL
WHOM THE POLICE CANN"T ACCOUNT FOR
AT about II o'clock Sunday night woman was
found living at tho foot Of the cellar
In tho rear Of a quorstorc at seventy cighthst and
Third ave man connected with the store madc the
discovery aud sent to the TwcntyGfh Precinct station
for an officer. Tho woman taken to tho station
where II was found that she had bad cut on the back
az her head She was taken to the Presbyterian Hos
pltal and died there at O'Clock on Monday morning
An examination by the police surgeon showed that the
woman hal been under tho influence Of alcohol, and
had died hon a fracture of the skull
Police Captain Gunner heard rumOrs Of foul play
and Immediately placed Detectives TomphnS and
Campbell on the caso These two officers secured the
negbborhood In an attempt to identify the woman but
found no ono who knew her. Strangers frequently
enter the hallway leading To tho cellar stairs, whore
the woman was found. On the stairs, and tho mason
nv leading into tho cellar, the detectives found many
blood stains They to tho conclusion that the
woman had facn downstairs.
The woman was not over twenty-1v years OF age
and was neatly dressed sho good looking, Of
light complexion had dark hair and gray ey ana
weighed about 1870 pounds In her pockets were
found a comb. n tooth brush and a package oI bnnn'
CAPTAIN Gunner thought that the Young woman "as
servant gIr from tho country The fact" SAID he, MAJ
sha Rad a TO- h brush and snuff is enough TO sho"
that she rubbed snuff There are some pdI oi ,o
country hcieabULt whore that custom picvAs no
woman looks respectable. and We shall certainly Blu
the mattor to the bottom
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HANGING HIMSELF IN ms CELL.


A CONVICT IN SING SING PRISON cody rAkrS HIS
LIFE.
Edward Treadway. age forty, who recently
sentenced to two year, imprisonment, committed
suicide In hs cell a. Sing sing yesterday by hanging
ing himself with a pieco Of cord which no hal SNUG
glcd into his cell in some manner. Before ho took
his lfe ho called To another prisoner IN adjoining
cell to sing a hymn for him, no going to kill
himself Tho convict whom this request made,
suppoalng that roadway merely iDIng, complied
with his wishes, and tina the Last heard Of him
until his body was found ended. Whilo ho wa
confined la the iDmbs, ho threatened 10 commit sui
cd,, aud at tho time romarl od hat before he
did he would throw ur | ON his wife, or k II her. az
upon her evidence that he convic od and
sent to Sato Prison.
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JERSEY CITY.

John Grant night Waterman at tho rubber works
n Wilkinson ave, found dead In tho factory yes
tcrhay morning. Francis McMucn, tho engineer,
discovered the body lying the floor. DR.. Bldwell
was summoned AMI said death resulted from heart
disease
Joseph Palmer. nineteen. was stabbed on Mon
day night by his stepfathcr william Calhoun, Of No
1o2 Zabrlsklost Palmer wont homo drunk at a late
hour and had an alteration with Calhoun. lie
knoclcd Calhoun down and Calhoun stabbed him with
a sword cane Neither was seriously injured and
both arrested.
Tho investigation Of tho charges against Janitor
Michael CorriCan. OF Public School no. e was con-
timed by the Committee Of tho Board Of Education
Yesterday. Several witnesses testified that they
Corrlgan daily and sometimes two or three times a
day, and thcy him drunk The invcstiga-
ton will be- concluded Friday.
President Roberts. OF the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company. sent a communication 10 tho Board Of Public
Works Yesterday stating that In ccvang the tracks
tho company wond comply with the suggestion made
by Mayor Cleveland to avoid cutting down tho grade
of the streets
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CHAT Is GOING on TO-DAY.

Meetinp OF Governing Committee OF stock Exchange
PrnnerSy owners, committee Murray Hill Hotel, y M
LAWYERS downtown Club reception, No. 100 Broadway
afternoon. r.. ,,,.,,..ooo,,-s, .
30 p. m. -, m ,y.u., ~
Navarn nafs reference case, No 40 Wallst' p NJ
Aoneduc. Commissioners y. m - r..
Christmas reception Of 23d Regiment, Armory, BROOK
lyn. evening
rooms p. ,,, ,,... T., ~
Messiah. p. m . ,.. c,,.,o.,.. rY.u o
Tho Rev DR.. Maynard's lecture, Chcker'ng liaii' D
Working women's meeting. Pvthagoras Hall, p. m.
lson Industrial School for Girls festival NO 125 St
nlacC 2 ID. m.
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PAT E.1s~fbs.

Tho ionrncyncn BaAcrs had their annual ball on
Monday night. and vhcn supper rmo came they found
Themselves In = lud.crous prcdIcamcnt Tho pro
pfctor 81 tho hall had been engaged To furnish tho
supfer and had bought the bread aud cakes from Mr.
Cralf Tho journey belong TO union which Is
loycotlns certain employing bakers for not using The
union Label, and when they found thai the supplies
hal been bought from OF tho loycottcd, they
IN a cilcmma- They ha'l to cat boycottcd bread
go hungry and they had To pay for the supper.
They cat tho boycotcd bread and calc, aud took Il
out In highly IN hristma,lho language.
A pathetic story IA, been published about poor
lulo boy who fouud Christmas tree ia tho street
aud a. dragging Il homo To Ia, widowed mother when
ho vas arrested and after tho hind hearted policeman
had let HIM 30 tho boy anu fatally in
lurci A number OF sympathetic people who read
tho story raised fund, fOr tho poor WIDOW, and
even visited tho address gwen, only to fnd that tho
whole tdlo ny IA.
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OUTCOME STE Il = rs.
10 DAY.
G1lliA tun1r',
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SHIPPING NEWS.
PORT or NEw-YoKK ............TUEsDAY Di
.pRINED

PORT OF NEw.YoKK .TU ESDAY DEC. ~. 1887
ARRIVED
steamer Nevada tbr, Douglass. Liverpool Dec % with
md,e and pa,,cnrrr- to A " Unirrhh, & co
isth Win m.e and pas-eHsors 10 Vernon II Brown
Srra"rr spain tBr, Gr,nh, L,yerpool and Queenstown
with tl,Ise aud passenger. 10 ~ Hurst
sandcI,on & SON Arrived At The iar At . an 49, =,
Neville l6h Nth MS and passeng's to henderson Bros
Arrived at the Bn At IN dnl IT.
steamer Eureka quick. Sew Orleans days. with mlso
an SiT n,s.rn@s "'s' {" II S~."in
st.s,n"r Sacoorhcc Kompon savannah with miss
srpamsf n stream PENNINGTON wilmington days with
steamer Bro.kwato Dole. Newport News aud Norfolk,
win ns 1pa .rmout w ~ Suits rernambuco Nov
g. via vlnov nAveH. with sugar TO order vessel IN
suNsEr.-At SANDY Hook wind hight. NV, thick
haze Al city Island. light M. clear
CLEARED.
steamer Wisconsin (Irl BENTLEY. Liverpool-A Under
steamer Farm,na coer'. Koch Hamburg via Cardiff
,rars C,ron elet Evans Fernandina- Mallory Co
s,oamer Yemasacc Plat Charleston FeruindInA-wm
s,camer Chalrctc Adams, Now orIeaa,-J Van sickle
stoamor acoochcc Hnrg. savannah -de9ry onx1
steamer Breakwater Doc. West Point va o" po'"non
steamer noanoko uulphers Norfolk and Newport News
steamer Herman winter Hallcit; no-ion-n pi%cck
IMP Ammo T. Wright tbr' wright Ah'"'rp-' NA''
Smp VIM Ritch gibbs. Yosohoma-M Pickering 4 Go
Bsss NoiI o itGmuaIl. Rumb.l. st Johns. Phi W
Armstrong
SAILED.
Steamers Booo dial Toro Olivette Tor Havana
chainc", for Noworlean' CAronioet for Fer"a"ai"a'
Hoanoke. for Rioh "nd
& Potter. for San Francisco
HarL Has roucb. Tor lrIstoi, FL Sh""""' '"N
Denerara Antonio SAla. tor Havana
THE MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS
FOREIGN PORTS.
Ioxpox Dec -SaieL stoAmer Ocoln. Dlesz Tor New
yorkt So Chambers Pahiiiac, Tor view ork
PLYMOUTH Dee Arrived steamer Amalh loorl, bahr.
II on New YORK Dec ~ o. Hamburg .-- .....,,
NswCAnrLR. Dec 24-Saiet. steamer Exeter 'iy ttrl
" ~izz, hence Tor Navy ORR
an Asaow Dec % Arrived. steamer State OF Nebraska.
Brars nom Newy"rk DO -. at6sm .
Dec % Sailed steamer state OF nevada StcwArt
hon % NewlOik
Nmow HEsp Dec 27-Passsd steamer Ohio sargent. from
Now boo II Tor Liverpool. at 3a -.
AMBURG. bee 2T-AfrIvo. steamer huxa toerl hiooro'
Ncw-lOrk - ,,
KREMKS Dec 22-,rrvod steamer wlllkommen (oerl.
Bali mr. from Now York Dee a.,
ANTWERP. Dec 2J-Atuvci steamer De Ruyter tbeg)'
ina nom New York Dec
91-ArrIyoL steamer Rhyntant tBeiS)
Ian York Antwerp Dec To- win her
mel err proco-od In tow for ho hosiinatio)
Lemon bee 2-Arrvc,L steamer Dorian tBrl Mcksague.
from New York Drct ., -, 49,,
PALyRuo Dec Ip-Saied. steamer BEDFORD tBr Aiken
hea hence Tor Now.Yoik -
Su,SGuA Dro ~ Arrived. steamer Hampshire tBr.
Kerrmi H. from Yokohama Nav for Suez and Now.f erk
wh her post and propeller ps biokcn She wiil 60
into dock
(F0r Later Shipping News n any see FVth R5s)
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WEsrCIIk-rEk COuNrY

Emmot5 ls.and cont ming about twenty five acres,
with e slIcnIid Huutano GA Long island sound. has
been Purchd,rd - tho Ncw iOsk Athletic cub tOi
SnVUOO, and tho cIuU viii at once brbln the cicci u
4 Lew Lab nU.i,o -, ~ r',,OUO Tho rat
road Is alOut haif way between Now Rochelle and
Barlow Say tho,ter stations Of tho Harlem kN or
branch ~ the New Haven karoad and close to Pelham
lay Park
Tho suit Of tho Peoples Gas Company Of White
rlans got ont writ OF mandarin, against tho trustees
Of that village, to compel them AID the company
a contract light tho streets with tho Oun,i
that II the lowest bidder has b'cn dsms -cd by
Justice cullen, OF tho supreme Court.
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A DIAMOND RADGE FOR AN ALDERNAN -ELECT
TIE military 'rens the 22i Regiment Veteran Corps Of
Alderman elect j. q. McMmr,y gave him diamond BADGE
the Hotel HurRari1. IL made br Captain
John T. Luther OF Tho Veteran Corps Tho presentation was
by Colonel =. Ellis Rr <as The badge Is massive OIe,
larger thar Of police captain slrmounted by sDreat
gle smbl,zono background. and the state
60 -rns on the ihe enamel bOon encrc
Alderman j. g. VI Murray.' formed
with lO5 danrnd-. back IL inscribed Prescnt-t
O. McN1rrsv bv hs comrades Of the I'D Resi.
msnt Veteran Corp, December ~ loo7"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-28

NEW NEW TO ASSIST COLONEL FELLOWS
Colonel John Fellows at the DstrictAtorneys
on Yesterday to Albany TO attend erSccretay
innings funeral II reported IN the General Sessions
Building that BENJAMIN F. DO, Pa,os and John D. McCle
would be the sstants for next year Asssan
District. tornevs Semps Davis and Bedford Will remain
IN Office Mr. Dos Pissos a John PassOs
the wes corporation lawyer. Mr.. Mc6lellanf Is
prominent Democrat has been member Of the vs.
semb7 and has praci sol for at Jefferson Mar
kct am IA % Mr. Parker, chief
clerk ~ a. possible TO Mr Puriy
trial Deputy Assistant.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-28

Tho first number OF weekly paper, The
Register" published In Danbury, T. &. hmacy,
editor, has appeared.
A. J. BearIsley & SON. drcdgcrs, OF Bridegroom
arc digging a canal from tho sound to the schooner
Ida II. Mathis which driven ashore December
1h, IN "a snowstorm.
Tho South AurW ak weekly Sentinel published
continuously since 1871, has been discontinued. and
hereafter only tho daily impression viii 10 printed
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HOME NEWS.
rpANINENT ARRIYALS.

yxrn /,.rv, Y,r,I-Wulam G. Endicott. secrrtary OF
war, Coprrsssman william l. scoti. OF pennsylvania
General Bradley r. Johnson OF MARYLAND ana Csse.
y, Tnn..... Uo1man Bou,s-s-pstsr John II. MITCHELL
Of Oregon Chief Clerk h. Youmsns oil the treasury 10
partmont and George BleisteiD. OF Buffalo Murray "'
H.ft- EX-SENATOR James r. Doolitte. OF Wisconsin, Huu
eata senator O. r. Veiaer hlbemarls Hois' Z onnor
Power of ENGLAND. Westnfnster Ho r.'ar S.A.e
- pohipson Attorney GoBrraI J.. A. Keher. ana StAto
ud,tor Emil Kie,swetter Ohio and Professor e. l. MT
70, Of va,sar Clsre Sturterant House-Jonerson chand
of Washington
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uIlOOkINN.

James Cassidy has brought action To prevent the
building Of an elevated road In front Of his premises
In Fulton Vt. by tho Kings County Company.
Richard W. Iicllwig, a druggist, Of No. 344 Marcy
ave-. who had been III and out Of his mind for some
time committed suicide yesterday by taking dose Of
cyanide Of potassium lie was thirty three ychfs Old
and left wife and daughter.
". V. billiard Samuel A. Aria and W. II. N. Cad
havo beon apI onted by John II. Grocn, chairman
OF the Republican General Committee 10 supervise the
primary 10 be- held IN tn, Fourth Ward, whore ir
rcguaritcS lnvaldaied the last ono
Tho store OF IIurd, wato q CO., who recently made
assignment, has been closed again to allow an In
vcDtOry Of stock to bo taken for assgnec's sale.
Tho POughkcGpsio and Brooklyn Polo clubs Will
polo sticks for Il. first time at tho Palace Rink
10 night.
Largo crowds enjoyed tobogganlng at tho three slides
at Washington Park, yesterday afternoon and Last night
Tho sport Is moro popular than last winter
Salt sprinhlcd bountifuily over tho street
car tracks yesterday that would aus pcct tho
existence OF IL city ordinance against II.
James S. Smith, who mnio 500 bronze medals Of
Mr.. ecchor under the order Of tho Memorial and
Executive Committee OF tho Grand Army Of tho Re
public last spring and TO receive 81 so for each
has begun suit To recover tho balance duo him.
tho committee paid him only $3.50 lle got letter In
reply to asking for the money from tOmradr IT, A.
Phillips, In which the medals wcro called " devsh
things" and II assorted that would touch
them. Tho counsel for tho committee claim that IL IS
bankrupt.
Tho deaths last week o07 births, 20s mar
fagos 7".
A body OF 100 school tcariers started on a holiday
trip to Washington yesterday, to return Saturday
cry In Gravesond by tho Discipline Committee OF the
Democratic General COMMITTEES, was post poncd yes
terday, owing to tho absence Of Of tho committee
at Mr.. Manning's funeral.
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ROCKIkND CoIfVTY

bad wreck occurred on the Northern NcwJcrsry
Railroad, eight Mules trlow Nyack, ON Monday
evoninS The cngln" of an mp train was thrown oil
tho track by mis- placed switch and totaly ruined
Tho engineer, John sullivan, was badly hurt hut
tho fireman and passengers wcro uninJurod. The
wrcckers wcro kcpt ut work all nIght
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-28

good deal Of ntcrc-' among tho Germans hero
has been caused by Ferdinand lIcnnon who ye-'r
day requested signatures to a congraiu'aiory cable
dpatch 20 Ne sent to tho Crown irlncc on New Years
Day. Signature. VIII DO accepted at sacugcr Hall.
Brcnnig- and other places.
Mr.. simon Seip, Of No. % Jones Ct, a pcar'd At
tho Ov rsccr u he poors Office yesterday morning
and told chief Clerk Crano that her hvo year Old on
had boon Quoted by his father She sad thdi
hvo years ago her husband left her ard since thai
timc had CONT hu~l otllng 10 her support ON
Sunday ho returned 10 her home and tired to Ell CT a
rcconc liaflon, and she had partially mddc mp her
mind to hvc with him again, when ON sunday ho
caused disturbance ia tho hou~c lie throw her
mother out Of doors, and thcn away with their
nto year Old
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CHRISTMAS WORK At THE POSI OfFiCE'
MILLIONS OF LETTERS HANDLED-NoTHING LINE IL
IN PogMPR WARS.

MILLIONS OF LETTERS HhNDLDD
IN FOrMHR WARS.
pooster Pearson reports that pressure OF WORK az
N. Post On,ee resutn from increase In quantity anu
bulk OF mail matter which ia one OF the usual FEATURES "
the holiday has been largely In cAccS' VI W
perienced In former years, and this Notwithstanding '
decadcnco OF tho OF sending Christmas e"us W
mall Tho domestic mails received from inland points '''
Saturday consisted OF 1891 pouches and bags Vi "hen
1Oo3 were for NewYOrk City delivery ana 2,5el ior o'
rlbutlon 10 other Offices in tho United States Inc up
nestle dispatched TO inland POINTS consisted vi 900
pouches and bags, 5636 OF which were made up as inc
c.,or,I Post Once In addition to these there made
up and dispatched 10 the New-York branch post ohceS
and TO Brooklyn delivery in the two cities l'3ol
pouches and sacks.
In tho domestic distributing division alone during the
hours covering the heaviest rush OF ohsas
wOrl-Frday morning Sunday morning-23e9O2l pieces
OF matter were handled, which l,3492l were letters
72OSi papers, circulars and 1880 Merchandise
For Monday mornings delivery there wero seat from tho
General Onco tho branches 5l3 sacks OF ne"spa
per and packages goods 37 pouches OF letters ana
circulars exclusive Of 45o0 registered letters ana parcels
Tuesday there delivered by General fo'
ONCE carriers 2,03 registered letters and parcels and
$3.50 delivered callers In the registered
letter DEPARTMENT Ol pouches " mail matter han
died during Saturday. Sunday aud Monday, involving he
recording making up dispatch and delivery of 42,l2o
letters and parcels
Tic holiday money order business both foreign ana do
nestle has this shown marked increase over former
years. Tho steamers Trayo and Aurania, which sailed
this port 14th and 18th inst respectively,
carried larger number Of money orders than any
that sailed for Europe bearing Christ
aIts Of kind 10 the United Kingdom OF Great
oand 5,27l oICsrs amounting u sl132I9 %
sent, wnilo good cheer' CARED 10 lJ,y4J
Continental Europe by means OF equal number
Of money aggregatng sl7J,7il o. In The domes
tic branch Of the business applications FOR orders were
quite numerous for nernatona but the amount Tar
exceeded number Of foreign orders paid Friday
than 10,2J4 mOneyOrders and postal notes
amounting 70 s43e27 O5 were paid at the General Post
Onlce
tho foreign steamers which arrived on Saturday
Of mail received, OF which the rtannc
brought S74he largest mail brought 10 this port
the day 767 sacks " mail made up and dis
patched $50 OF them containing mail matter from New
York City alone The market for postage stamps, postal
cards envelopes also showed tho influence Of the es
tive the sales the 24th amounting TO S2is77,
OF which $4,000 for twO-cent stamps. This Is tho
LARGEST amount an aggregation OF small amount sales
so In day since the reduction Of letter postage from
three cents.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-28

Among the guests will DO United States Senators Hawiey
and chi ON Bishop Henry Potter Interstate Commerce
Augustus Sooonma ker Naor-G General j. NJ
schofed RearAdmral Bincroft Ghsrardi Mayor Hewitt
State Senator W. II. Robertson Cons ressmcn w G. Wm
th"rne and Amos Cummings H. whitney AMI fredeiick
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-28

Father Naluy, iOIMct5 o. tho church OF tho I'm
ma.u4atc tOn, ton, ot iouAris, VINO - temporary
pastor ui ~. Mab's thuIru, al thtton, received On
Monday = purse OF $1,000. athcr Macy Ma- tor
,ca45 a.,01a, tor tn the lOn"crs chur II
and tho tn,l,tna, pic,eut DrVuknt to hlm by u
dole gat.un from lonDcis.